Working hours: Sleep-in shifts and other tricky issues

Following the Mencap decision, Emma Burrows and Anna Scott look at how to measure workers’ hours for the purpose of calculating the minimum wage and compliance with the Working Time Regulations It is necessary to distinguish between whether an individual is actually working or is only available for work. The Supreme Court has delivered its …
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Legal News: Employment update

Jo Broadbent rounds up recent case law and developments affecting employers and their advisers ‘The tribunal asked the correct question, which was whether the employee’s absence, which arose in consequence of his disability, was an effective cause of the decision to dismiss.’ Limits to discrimination ‘arising from’ a disability Under s15 of the Equality Act …
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